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Smart meters « Energy Ireland

Friday, January 1st, 2010

The smart meter has been heralded as a key building block in our low-carbon energy future. agendaNi looks at the future plans for smart meters.
In December the UK Government announced that every home must be fitted with a “smart meter” by 2020 in order to help reduce energy use and to help the development of a low-carbon “smart grid”. These new meters will send information on real-time electricity and gas use in households and small businesses directly to utility companies, which will remove..

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